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Old 03-13-2015, 03:49 PM   #4004
BaylorCamaro
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Originally Posted by Tricksta View Post
I'm thinking that the GT350R is going to give the Z/28s a run for their money in all around comfortability and performance. That may change whenever a new gen Z comes out though.
I fully expect the GT350R to have the capability of putting a real hurt on the Z/28. The GT350R is going to be lighter, more powerful, and rev higher. The only real advantage the Z/28 could possible have is a better chassis design and by the looks of things, Ford went balls out on this one so I doubt the GT350R's chassis is bad. The Z/28 looks like it has the better brakes and the tires are marginally better, so it should be interesting.

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Truth be told the last gen Mustang with a full set of coilovers and suspension mods are deadly track cars. I was at PIR last year for a road course event and saw a 2013 Mustang GT with Cortex coilovers, adjustable front and rear sways with a wats link and torque arm absolutely kick the crap out of a modded C6Z.

The data recorder was showing steady 1.21 lateral G's and peaks in the 1.6 range.

All told he was something like 51 grand into the car, including the price of the car. Think he was also running H/C/I for the engine. So like... $10,000 in suspension and brakes, rest in engine
The thing is, it comes down to the driver way more than anything. I'm sure the Mustang is fast, I know a few people that have got some sweet set ups on their Mustang. However comparable drivers and a C6Z is going to run circles around the Mustang. I've kept up with and passed a handful of Corvettes (base & Z06's), Z/28's, a Lamborghini Gallardo, among others. However it was the driver holding the car back, not the other way around.

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Stupid exhaust leak at the front connector is back. Gonna use an impact wrench this time around. Forget the breaker bar.
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It is the clamp that's right after the cats where the catback starts. Passenger side has been the problem. Kinda odd since it was fine till tonight in the rain.
I had a similar problem with my old exhaust set up on my ZL1. I was blowing the cat back off of the cats. At the time I had long tube headers, gutted cats, OEM cat back. This happened four or five times and each time I would put the exhaust back on, I would tighten down real good and use blue locktite. Turns out I was building up too much exhaust pressure. I've since moved to Corsa catback and haven't had the issues (knock on wood).

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Originally Posted by Tricksta View Post
My assumption is the pipes didnt get butted up together properly within the clamp.

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Interestingly I'm not so sure that they do butt up against each other (catback and cat). Maybe in OEM form they do but with my Corsa catback and PFADT headers / gutted cats they don't. I was going to put a couple tack welds on the catback/cat to ensure I don't blow them off but when I took the clamp off and tried reassembling there was a good 1/4" to 1/2" gap.
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